Combined card-index and stencil-frame.



Patented Feb. II. |902.

. J. S. DUNCAN.v

COMBINED-GARD INDEX AND STENGIL FRAME.

(Application filed Apr. l5, I901.\

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U'NrrieD STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH S. DUNCAN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO ADDRESSOGRAPH COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

COMBINED CARD-INDEX AND STENCIvL-FRANIE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent N. 692,995, dated February 1.1, 1902.

Application tiled April 15, 1901. Serial No. 55,988. (No modeh T0 all 1072/0771/ it may concern: Y

Be it known that I, Jesi-:PH S. DUNCAN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residingat Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Card-Index and Stencil-Frame, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a novel combined card-index and stencil-frame made, preferably, of sheet metal; and its object is to provide a frame f or an address-stencil having a support for a card-index bearing informationrelating to the stencil and connected with the stencil-frame.

Another object of the invention is to provide a combined card-index and stencil-frame constructed and arranged so that an impression can be taken from the stencil Without in any way disturbing or mutilating the cardindex.

With these and other ends in view the invention consists in the novel device hereinafter described,and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure lis a face view of my combined cardindex and stencil-frame. Fig. 2 is a sectional viewon the line 212 of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. l. Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line 4 4 of Fig. l. Fig. 5 shows a stencil which may be used.

Referring to the drawings, in which like letters of reference denote corresponding parts in all of the figures, the frame consists of a stencil-section A to receive the stencil B and a card-section C to receive the card D. The stencil-section is in the form of a skelet0n frame, as shown, and the card-section can be conveniently made by bending up at X, Fig. 4, and into a position above the stencilsection, the material cut or stampedv out of said section to form the opening N therein.

The stencil-frame is provided with securing-iian ges E, so that the stencil can be slipped into place beneath the Iianges and held thereby securely in position. I also prefer to bend up the open end of the frame to form a stop F, which will prevent the stencil from slipping out of the frame while an impression is being taken; but it will be understood that any suitable means for securing and holding yed and fastened to the stencil-section.

the stencil in place in the frame may be employed without departing from my invention.

The card-section of the frame is preferably formed by bending up that part of the metal which iscut out to form the skeleton stencilframe, as before stated; but it is apparent that this section can be otherwise construct- The card-section of the frame is provided with the end Iianges G to receive the edges of the card, which is held in place on the frame between the inwardly-turned lugs H and the shoulder I, formedA by the top of the stencil-section of the frame.

The frame is designed to be used in a cardindex system and is substituted for the cards commonly used in this manner. For this reason I provide a tongue M at the top of the card-section to receive index information,

and these tongues are disposed on different frames at various points between the ends of the card-section, so that they can be readily read in the manner now common with the ordinary card-index system employing cards.

My invention thus provides for arranging address or other stencils in accordance with a card-index system, each stencil having a card connected therewith bearing any information desired relating to the stencil. The frame is constructed so that the stencil and the card can be removed without destroying or injuring them, and it can be run through an addressing-machine of any suitable character to take an impression from the stencil without tearing the stencil or inking the card. My novel invention thus provides for storing stencils in a convenient manner, so that they can be renewed or replaced at any time without interfering with or disturbing the arrangement of the other stencils, and the cardindex system incorporated with the stencilframe enables th'e stencils to be conveniently arranged, alphabetically or otherwise, in a manner common to systems of this character.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A frame of the character described comprising a skeleton stencil-section and a cardsection connected therewith, substantially as described.

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tion on the upper edge of the stencil-section, substantially as described.`

5. A frame of the character described cornprising a skeleton stencilsection having anges thereon for securinga stencil therein, a card-section provided Wthpend anges and securing-l ugs and an index-tongue all stamped out of a single sheet of metal, substantially as described.

JOSEPH S. DUNCAN.

Witnesses: i

CLARENCE D. WORTHINGTON, WM. O. 13E-LT. 

